Jan. 11, 2019

Amazon Reportedly Working on New Video Game Streaming Service

Analogous to Project xCloud and Project Stream.

By Colin Stevens

Amazon is reportedly working on a video game streaming service, but it isn’t likely to be launched until 2020 at the earliest.

Reported by The Information (via GamesIndustry.biz) sources indicate that the service will be similar to what Microsoft and Google are currently building with Project xCloud and Project Stream, respectively.

This service looks to eliminate the need for expensive hardware to run graphically taxing games. Instead, like its competitors, the games would be run inside powerful data centers and streamed to various devices, including smartphones, tablets, smart TVs and more.

Amazon has reportedly started speaking with games publishers in order to distribute various established titles through this service. Not much else is known about the rumored project at this time, though Amazon certainly has the financial backing to pull off a project like this.

For more on already announced game streaming services in the works, read about Microsoft’s Project xCloud, which will reportedly allow developers to "deploy and dramatically scale access to their games across all devices on Project xCloud with no additional work.” Google’s Project Stream, on the other hand, has already been tested by the public, and has allowed select fans to play Assassin’s Creed Odyssey through the service.